Re: US Federal budget submitted to Congress via the Internet?

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

Begin forwarded message:

From: Jay Goodman Tamboli <jay () talkradionews com>
Date: February 6, 2008 2:46:36 PM EST
To: dave () farber net
Cc: Ellen Ratner <Ellen () talkradionews com>
Subject: Re: [IP] US Federal budget submitted to Congress via the  
Internet?

On Feb 5, 2008, at 16:22:53, David Farber wrote:

> In the State of the Union address, President Bush touted:
> > "It's not only an innovative budget, in that it's coming to  
> > Congress over the
> > Internet,
>
>
> This raises all sorts of technical questions, starting with:
>
>   White House email (or whatever was used) to Congress travels via the
> public-access Internet???
>
>   It quickly moves to the usual array of authentication, privacy,  
> and data
> integrity security questions.


I just got off the phone with Jane Lee at the Office of Management and  
Budget at the White House. She said that the budget was transmitted to  
Congress via e-mail. Since the budget is a public document, no  
encryption was needed or used. She did not know what file format was  
used, but she said it was digitally signed and authenticated using the  
Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 (HSPD-12) standards.

Also, President Bush's statement above was actually said after a  
cabinet meeting on Monday, not at the State of the Union. A full  
transcript can be found at http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/02/20080204-1.html

Jay Goodman Tamboli
Legal Affairs Correspondent
Talk Radio News Service
http://talkradionews.com/







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